UPDATE: Man flown to Brisbane to try and save arm

UPDATE 8AM: A man who was hit by a car in Walker St last night while trying to cross the road has been airlifted to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in a serious condition for surgery on his injured arm.

The 39-year-old Bundaberg father was clipped by a 4WD as he stepped on to the bitumen at 8.30pm.

The impact of the collision severed his arm.

LAST NIGHT: A Bundaberg man has been rushed to hospital after he was hit by a car on Walker St at 8.30 last night.

A witness on the scene of the accident said he saw a man step out on to the bitumen at the Bourbong St end of Walker St near Pool Werx.